diff --git a/bin/steps/pylibmc b/bin/steps/pylibmc
index 0ba6b056d460c8649f0bfe9e7b7baf1e9412221d..19d83a917e896f59e67e8be4b03f5238b307f706 100755
--- a/bin/steps/pylibmc
+++ b/bin/steps/pylibmc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if (pip-grep -s requirements.txt pylibmc) then
     echo "-----> Noticed pylibmc. Bootstrapping libmemcached."
     mkdir -p .heroku/vendor
     # Download and extract libmemcached into target vendor directory.
-    curl $VENDORED_MEMCACHED -s | tar zxv -C .heroku/vendor
+    curl $VENDORED_MEMCACHED -s | tar zxv -C .heroku/vendor &> /dev/null
     export LIBMEMCACHED=$(pwd)/vendor
   fi